Anhui Travel Guide

Anhui Province is an inland province situated in East China, stretching over the Huai River, the Yangtze River and Xin’an River. It borders six provinces with Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Hubei and Henan to the west, Jiangxi to the south and Shandong to the north. The short name of Anhui Province is Wan (皖, means glorious in Chinese), and the capital city of the province is Hefei, a city has more than 2,000 years long history.

The geography of Anhui Province is multifarious with the Huai River and Chao Lake in the central province, the Yangtze River respectively running in the north and the south, Dabie Mountains and Tianmu Mountains lying in the west and the southeast, and Jianghuai grand plain in the north. The multifarious geography gives the province numerous beautiful landscapes and famous scenery, and the Yellow Mountains and Jiuhua Mountain are the top two natural landscapes in Anhui Province. More about Anhui.

• Chinese Name: 安徽
• Chinese Pinyin: ān Huī
• English Name: Anhui
• Location: East China 
• Language: Chinese
• Capital City: Hefei
• Area: 139,600 sq. km. (53,900 sq. mi.)
• Population: 67 million